going from intel to ryzen.. help please.

[Willfal]

hey folks im looking for some advice on upgrading my system

 

The Current setup i have i built myself to basically get a foot in the door on the PC gaming side of things, i didn't want to spend a fortune only to later find id rather just pick up a ps4 pad.

 

You'll all be glad to hear that i'm settled in and really enjoying my experience as are my mates that jumped on the same bandwagon. PubG, dota, escape from tarkov, awe there's just so many games, including all those within origin access, - so i've now decided i want to step up my platform to something quite simply - Better.. 

 

current specs of my system.

 

Intel G4560

gigabyte b250m-ds3h

corsair vengance lpx ddr4 2 x 8gb

coolermaster hyper 103 cpu cooler

KFA2 Hall of fame GTX1060

500w PSU

1TB HDD 

 

now, heres my problem as the title suggests, i'm going for a ryzen 1600 system and ive just bought the Asus ROG Strix B350 F Gaming motherboard, so im now committed to building it lol

 

i know i'll need am AM4 bracket for my cooler but i'll not be stuck given the 1600 comes with a cooler anyway ( yes id love an AIO or custom loop but for now.... no, im not doing that )

really i just want to swap out the Mobo and the CPU.

 

How do i go about that? im Guessing i cant just do a swapsies and off i go job done.. I don't want to wipe my HDD.. i'll spend half the day downloading all my games and ive no other storage to back things up. Im sure you are all reading this and saying wheres your SSD.. well i dont have one, i quite frankly don't have a problem with waiting 42 seconds on average for my system to boot and be ready to use.

 

im looking for my options with what ive got already. 

 

how will my windows licence work? thats another question and concern, i don't have retail copy, i have an OEM copy which cost me £12, Ok that's not breaking the bank but id rather not have to buy another.

 

all advice and help would be very much appreciated. 

 

Cheers

Will 

 

[shiggy]

Since no one else has commented, and I'm no witty tech person. I'll say something. I don't know anything about HDDs or Windows Licenses after upgrades, but I've watched a lot of upgrading videos, and I've never seen problems with the HDD erasing, or the Windows License having problems registering with a new motherboard. But then again, I just know how to build a pc in general, and how to pick out compatible parts. I'll leave this comment here to get the ball rolling and have real techies come in.
Cheers!

-Shane

[stealth80]

I went from Intel to Ryzen and windows configured itself and all was fine. Its advised to wipe and start again as it removes the potential for issues, but it's certainly worth trying 

[Willfal]

That was a very speedy reply and Thanks for it none the less Shane, i don't think the HDD will wipe/erase or anything like that, its more the drivers and everything relating to my chipset and what have you which i'm assuming..... maybe wrongly, could mess something up when i swap the parts out and attempt the first boot to windows.

 

Cheers

WIll

 

 

[knightslugger]

if you have a Windows OEM licence, you will be required to purchase a new licence key as the licence follows the motherboard, not the windows installation.

 

you can use the same HDD you have, complete with windows installation, and just change the windows licence in settings.

 

You will need to install all the pertainent device drivers that are present on the MB. LAN, USB, etc. good news here, MBs come with their own driver disk. neet!

 

other than that, go for it.

[Willfal]

1 minute ago, knightslugger said:

if you have a Windows OEM licence, you will be required to purchase a new licence key as the licence follows the motherboard, not the windows installation.

 

you can use the same HDD you have, complete with windows installation, and just change the windows licence in settings.

 

You will need to install all the pertainent device drives that are present on the MB. good news here, MBs come with their own driver disk. neet!

 

other than that, go for it.

wee problem, i don't have a cd drive, so just download the Asus motherboard drivers to a USB prior to the swap out of those hardware components. ?

 

Thanks for the bad news on the OEM licence, not what i wanted to here but its part of the Info i was looking for so i appreciate your help, cheers buddy

 

Will

[Willfal]

Since creating this post i've managed to work out that the Hyper 103 cooler i have isnt AM4 compatible. Darn it

[knightslugger]

10 minutes ago, Willfal said:

Since creating this post i've managed to work out that the Hyper 103 cooler i have isnt AM4 compatible. Darn it

That's OK, the Wrath is a damn good cooler.

[knightslugger]

3 hours ago, Willfal said:

wee problem, i don't have a cd drive, so just download the Asus motherboard drivers to a USB prior to the swap out of those hardware components. ?

 

Thanks for the bad news on the OEM licence, not what i wanted to here but its part of the Info i was looking for so i appreciate your help, cheers buddy

 

Will

20 bucks or so on kinguin.

[Willfal]

a small update to my thread. 

 

Ive managed to find and buy a ryzen 1600 on ebay for cheap.. well alot cheaper than current market prices in the UK at least but it doesn't come with a cooler. 

I'll be honest, im a bit suss that its brand new with no cooler and the seller has 2 of them, none the less i bought it pretty much concluding its "fallen of the back of a lorry" but ive ebay and paypal backing should anything go wrong. Though now it does bring me back to the dilemma of needing a cooler.

ive looked around and im sick of UK sites advertising AM4 compatible but small print referring to the manufacture web site to claim the am4 bracket. 

 

Overclockers UK has some coolers i like with am4 brackets in stock but their prices... not the most competitive, tho i may not have much option if i want to build my system this coming week.

My graphics card being the Hall of fame is centrepiece of my system and so im pretty much restricted with a white on black theme, no complaints i like that look.

im rambling a bit now.. i'll get to the point..

 

Cryorig C7 - TDP 100 W - is it too small? as soon as i seen it i thought yes, that top down black on white cooler looks nice.

Cryorig C1 -TDP 140 W - its bigger, ive looked at YouTube reviews, i just don't know how it will perform with an overclocked 1600.

 

then i found the Scythe Grand Kama Cross 3 - the fact it looks way different to anything else ive seen is intriguing. 

 

Does anyone have any experience with these coolers on ryzen? 

 

Thanks
Will

 

[YongKang]

@Willfal, have you looked at the Cryorig H7? The C1 should be enough for a moderate oc up to 4GHz. Ryzen CPU doesn't produce that much heat.

[Willfal]

3 minutes ago, YongKang said:

@Willfal, have you looked at the Cryorig H7? The C1 should be enough for a moderate oc up to 4GHz. Ryzen CPU doesn't produce that much heat.

 

Yeah its Out of stock everywhere,